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Summary

The proceedings represent a valuable reference on geotechnical problems peculiar to Africa and for engineering solutions to local problems. Topics covered are: Foundation engineering and lateral support; Methods of design and analysis; Monitoring, laboratory and field testing; Municipal, industrial and mining waste and environmental geotechnics; Soil improvement; Transportation geotechnics; Case studies. The proceedings are also an invaluable source of data on the properties of African soils, the properties of residual and tropical soils, as well as climate related problems.

Table of Contents

Preface

Organisation

Hydraulic stability of sanitary landfills liners

p. 3

Environmental geotechnics in the new millennium

p. 9

The microlysimeter technique for measuring evapotranspiration losses from a soil surface

p. 23

Biochemical clogging of drainage systems in landfills

p. 29

Contribution of chemical hardening to strength gain of fly ash

p. 35

A unique approach to evaluate the utility of landfill monitoring boreholes

p. 43

Material selection and structural design, construction and maintenance of ramp roads in open pit mines

p. 49

Static liquefaction of Merriespruit gold tailings

p. 61

Environmental geotechnics for an outfall sewer traversing a Ramsar wetland site